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How can I animate my mouse for screencasts?

I need to create some screencast tutorials, and I would like to animate my mouse for this purpose. E.g. Ideally I would like my mouse to be highlighted, to use an animation when clicking, and possibly ...
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ffmpeg / avconv follow_mouse not working?

I'm trying the option -follow_mouse with both ffmpeg and avconv and I can't make it work. avconv version 0.8.6-6:0.8.6-1ubuntu2 tells me: Option follow_mouse not found. ffmpeg version ...
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Best way to record VNC session (VLC screencast)?

I know I can record my desktop while running Remmina, but is there an easy way to record a VNC session without having to watch the actual session live on your screen? Sometimes I need to leave the ...
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Unable to record videos in webm format with any screen recording software on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Im unable to record videos in webm format with any screen recording software on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I have tried using Kazam, Tibesti, Eidete etc. All of them failed to record webm videos. Do you have ...
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Screenkey in Kubuntu 12.04?

I'm trying to run Screenkey in order to screencast a tutorial in which the attendants are to see my key strokes. However, it turns out that although Screencast didn't require any additional ...
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How to do GIF animations for instructions and learning purposes over GUI?

I am trying to categorize many similar threads here. For example, I find this GIF animation freaking cool in this answer here. How can I do this kind of animations? How can I make sure it does not ...
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Ubuntu bad for webcam recording/screencasting or is it just me?

I have a few webcams sitting around and I tried recording video using GUVCview, VLC, Cheese, and a few others and they all have a terrible background noise, and/or the audio is out of sync...how can I ...
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What is a desktop recorder with global shortcuts?

My OS is Ubuntu 12.04. I searched on google hundreds of times and I couldn't find any solution for desktop recorder software. There is the Kazam unstable version, but shortcut keys didn't work. I ...
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Best screen recorder and video editing programs for Ubuntu [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to create a screencast? I want to make a video ad for my app in Ubuntu. What is the best programs for that? Thank you.
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Is there a program which allow easily to add speech bubbles to a video/screen cast?

I am currently creating a screencast tutorial for a lecture. Therefore I use recordmydesktop to get a video of my actions. Now I want to annotate some actions in the video with speech bubbles ( or ...
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How to make a set of screenshots automatically?

I would like to do an animated gif file. Thus I need all images and then I can build the gif file with gimp or convert. But in order to obtain the images how can I do a set of successive screenshots ...
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What are the best Screencasting tools? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to create a screencast? Please i wanna know (people whom have tried) which sceencast tool is the best. For me i've tried kazam but i still unconvinced totally with ...
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How can I record an OpenGL game in Ubuntu?

I would like to create a short clip of me playing Minecraft, an OpenGL game. The usual screencast recorders do not properly record OpenGL. What kind of software is available for this purpose? My ...
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Audio delays progressively when recording with ffmpeg

I am trying to record screencasts in Ubuntu 12.04, I have a working command, the audio sounds great and the video looks great. I have one issue though, the audio delays as the video goes on. At the ...
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How to add microphone audio into avconv's video in x11grab mode?

I want to create some screencast, I am using avconv (recent ffmpeg counterpart) for doing so. This is the reference for command I used. I also referred the avconv manual pages. Due to some reason I ...
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Screencast not producing files

I'm using Gnome 3 on 12.04 and trying to create a screencast. I start the screencast using the Ctrl-Alt-Shift-R shortcut and the red light appears in the bottom right corner. I go about my business ...
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How to record a screencast with audio in gnome shell

I'm trying to change my configuration so that the default alt + ctrl + shift + r also records audio. I've used this code: gsettings set org.gnome.shell.recorder pipeline "queue ! videorate ! vp8enc ...
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How can I accurately select an area of screen to record when using RecordMyDesktop?

When using RecordMyDesktop I want to select an area of the screen to record, not just a particular window or the whole screen. The application instructs you to click and drag to select the area you ...
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Create a screencast in a low end PC, but fast (maybe by sacrificing compression ?)

As the title suggests, I am asking a lot. We've been trying to generate some screencasts on my eeepc. recordmydesktop is doing the job decently, but only if allowed time to "compile" the video ...
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Fragments with recordmydesktop

I tried to record an Screencast wih gtk-recordmydesktop. The Sound Quality is great but I get a lot of fragments in the Video. Its comes if I refresh an area like the browser windows. Here is a ...
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How can i change the default save location the gnome3 screencast? [closed]

How can i change the default save location the gnome3 screencast? By default it saves on /home/video.
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Can I use the Gnome Shell built-in screencast tool in Unity?

In Gnome Shell you can press Control+Shift+Alt+R to start and stop the built-in screencast tool. What is the name of this tool? Is it possible to invoke it from within Unity?
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I want to record a screencast of a processing sketch

I have a created a music visualisation using Processing. I now want to convert that to a video, and the least obtrusive way I could think of is to record a screencast. I figured exporting Processing ...
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Audio not working for Gnome Screencast Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R

I can do screencasts by pressing ctrl+alt+shift+r, but I get no sound when I view the videos, I've check my built in mic and headset, they both work on skype and such, I just can't record sound with ...
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How do I get xvidcap working?

Previously, I used xvidcap to record screencasts in Ubuntu. I have upgraded to 12.04 LTS (precise) and it seems that xvidcap has been removed from the archive. Any suggestions on a replacement?
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How to create animated GIF images of a screencast?

I've seen animated GIF images of screen casts (like the one below) promoted a few times on this site as a way to improve answers. What toolchain is being used to create these? Is there a program ...
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Screencast on Ubuntu 11.10

I'm trying to make a screencast in Ubuntu 11.10. I need to insert some text for explaining all the steps. Something like this. I looked for older questions and I saw that one of the few software that ...
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How can I Screencast games in Ubuntu with Live Commentary [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to create a screencast? sorry for the duplicate question! I found another similiar question here: How to create a screencast? But I did not find an answer there ...
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Screencast 1024x768, What is the recommended encoding?

Using Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid, what is the recommended encoding for a screencast recorded at 1024x768? The tools I used were RecordItNow (KDE package that works great on Gnome) and OpenShot Video Editor. ...
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Is it possible to do a screencast with a webcam inside the screen

I was wondering if there is a screencast that can add the webcam to a corner of the screen or if a screencast supports recording the screen with a webcam playing in the background. Like a live webcam ...
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Video Recorder Tool (Screencast) that is up to date

I was looking at this post How to create a screencast? which mentions some of the Video Recorders (Screencast) that I was looking for but some of them are more than 8 months old with not one single ...
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GStreamer screenshot video stream

When I use this command: gst-launch ximagesrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,framerate=5/1 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! theoraenc ! oggmux ! filesink location=desktop.ogg ximagesrc usage It shows me only ...
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Kazam Screencaster in 11.10?

I've been trying to find a good screen capturing program, and I've read some great reviews about Kazam, but they've all been with earlier versions of Ubuntu. Is it possible to install Kazam in 11.10? ...
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Are there any good screencasters that can run in Wine? [closed]

I need to make some tutorials and I'm having a lot of problems in Ubuntu 11.10 64bits + GNOME Shell. Tibesti doesn't work. Kazam doesn't work too. gtk-recordmydesktop doesn't work on GNOME Shell ...
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Kazam & Ubuntu 11.10

I'm trying to install Kazam in my new Ubuntu 11.10 (64 bits version) with Gnome Shell and... nope. Gtk-recordmydesktop does not work in Gnome Shell too. I'd like using Kazam and I don't really ...
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Video editor to create professional appearance

I've been very impressed with this screencast. Is there a simple way to create a professional-looking screencast using open software on Ubuntu? I'm mainly interested with good-looking transitions ...
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Why does “terminal” fail to execute a custom launcher/command in terminal? [closed]

I had dabbled around scripting and I stumbled with a screen recording script, but everytime I try to run it, my terminal fails to and shows me this error: There was an error creating the child ...
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Screencast with both mic and system sounds at the same time

I'd like to make a screencast that records both mic (audio input) and system sounds (audio output) at the same time. For example, so that I can capture a screencast while talking to someone on Skype ...
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How to create a screencast?

How can I create a screencast on Ubuntu? What applications are available? The app I'm looking for has ideally all of these features: Can record in a format that can be played back easily on any ...